Example sentences of "it had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such as the time when the very inebriated gentleman , at 2 a.m. , wanted to know how to stop his budgie falling off its perch , because he thought it had cramp in its legs ! |
| 2 | It had dates , it had initials , lots of numbers , some addresses … she briefly speculated about the possibility of braining Charlie with his own desk lamp in order to get her hands on it , but relinquished the option with a certain regret . |
| 3 | The new country rejected the new name Azania on the grounds that it had slave origins — and preferring the sense that it was a vital part of the continent as a whole . |
| 4 | As I changed from listening to walking mode , I tried to work out whether it had feet or flippers or ran on rollers . |
| 5 | It had Maggie looking away quickly and she was glad to be able to say something . |
| 6 | Built diagonally on the corner of the top floor of the mansion block , it had windows on three sides and an extra reception room . |
| 7 | It had repercussions throughout Europe . |
| 8 | Even if it had maggots and things in it and it was all horrible ? ’ |
| 9 | But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in . |
| 10 | Retson , Virginia-based Network Imaging Corp has agreed to acquire Optix SA for shares worth $39m : Optix is a document imaging and optical storage technology company headquartered in Paris ; in the year to March 31 1992 , it had earnings of $2.5m on turnover of some $40m . |
| 11 | Forgot to tell them it had cancer ! |
| 12 | It had signs up for both so I never could work out which it was . |
| 13 | Marsilid was tried as a treatment for depressed patients , and , given over a period of weeks rather than days , but it had disadvantages as well as advantages . |
| 14 | It was an English union , based in London and not affiliated to the STA , with whom it had dealings only within the NPKTF . |
| 15 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
| 16 | So that was the last And I do n't think if he went back after that I think it had kind of frightened him , least so my father used to tell the story . |
| 17 | but of course , it had kind of stirred up a hornets ' nest ! |
| 18 | It had claws like an eagle talons ; she could hear them shredding and splintering the wood . |
| 19 | It had government grants to dispense , and scientific leadership to undertake . |
| 20 | It had Steve Martin in it , it 's a comedy |
| 21 | stuffed and then it had sequins sewn and that . |
| 22 | And that was hid for many many years it had generations . |
| 23 | it had tenderness and sincerity to spare |
| 24 | In fact it had diversities similar to those in secular nationalism . |
| 25 | And it was pink paper and at the top it had space for your parent 's signature so that when you 've done the work your parents had |
| 26 | It had teeth and a beard . |
| 27 | With an eye on the general election on June 6th , the Popular Party ( PP ) , the main opposition party , claimed on May 10th it had proof that the Socialist government bore some responsibility for last year 's dramatic collapse of KIO 's Spanish business empire . |
| 28 | It had pride of place . |
| 29 | And she stared at it , glad to have been told that it was not good , for she could make nothing of it : it stood about five feet high , on a stone lump , and it had holes in it and stretching arms . |
| 30 | If the lightning had struck me like it had Ben , it would have meant no hope for me . |